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XVIII Olympic Winter Games
XVIII Olympic Winter Games

The emblem represents a flower, with each petal
representing an athlete practicing a different winter sport.
It can also be seen as a snowflake,
thus the name, “Snowflower,” was given to it.

Host city Nagano, Japan
Nations participating 72
Athletes participating 2176 (1389 men, 787 women)
Events 72 in 7 sports
Opening ceremony February 7
Closing ceremony February 22
Officially opened by HIM Emperor Akihito
Athlete's Oath Kenji Ogiwara
Judge's Oath Junko Hiramatsu
Olympic Torch Midori Ito
Stadium Olympic Stadium

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Contents

Highlights

Medals awarded

See the medal winners, ordered by sport:

Venues

Hakuba

Iizuna

Karuizawa

Nagano

Nozawaonsen:

Yamanouchi

Medal count

(Host nation is highlighted. Snowboarding is a sport that involves descending a Snow -covered slope on a Snowboard attached to a participant's feet using a special boot set into a mounted binding Alpine skiing (or downhill skiing) is a recreational activity and Sport involving sliding down Snow -covered hills with long Skis attached Giant slalom is an Alpine skiing discipline It involves skiing between sets of poles ("gates" spaced at a greater distance to each other than in slalom Snowboarding is a sport that involves descending a Snow -covered slope on a Snowboard attached to a participant's feet using a special boot set into a mounted binding A half-pipe is a structure used in gravity Extreme sports such as Snowboarding, Skateboarding, Skiing, freestyle BMX and )

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Germany Germany 12 9 8 29
2 Norway Norway 10 10 5 25
3 Russia Russia 9 6 3 18
4 Canada Canada 6 5 4 15
5 United States United States 6 3 4 13
6 Netherlands Netherlands 5 4 2 11
7 Japan Japan 5 1 4 10
8 Austria Austria 3 5 9 17
9 South Korea South Korea 3 1 2 6
10 Italy Italy 2 6 2 10
Further information: 1998 Winter Olympics medal count

Participating NOCs

Articles about Nagano Winter Olympics by nation:

Media coverage

The games were covered by the following broadcasters:

See also

External links


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